The Taylor Seminars

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her debut album (and her induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame), we're going back to where it all began. Join Hannah and Exquisite as they revisit Taylor Swift and trace the seeds of so many themes that would become central to her songwriting: feeling like an outsider, the power of memory, unrequited love, imagined relationships, and the need to turn every feeling into a song. From "The Outside" to "Our Song," "Tim McGraw," and "Cold As You," we explore just how much of the Taylor we know today was already there from the very beginning. 

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NOTE: APOLOGIES for the delayed episode. We had some technical difficulties. BUT we promise we'll make it up with you with a special episode drop on Monday....

Join Hannah and Exquisite as they discuss the final of Taylor Swift's "Encore" tracks from The Life of a Showgirl: "Babylon." Listen as they go through line by line and connect it to songs throughout her discography. And definitely stick around for the end when Exquisite has a special theory about the song.

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Join us up here on the pink cloud for "Pink Clouding," the third track from "The Encore" from Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl."

Join Exquisite and Hannah as they analyze this song line by line, from the shades of pink to the exhilerating highs to the extreme vulnerability (hello, "Back to December"). And yes, we compare the song to "Getaway Car," but stick around to hear Exquisite compare it to another Taylor Swift classic, and how Taylor re-recording this song may have sparked this new perspective in "Pink Clouding."

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We had SO MUCH FUN talking about "Cleveland!", the second of four tracks on Taylor Swift's "The Encore: The Life of a Showgirl."
And within this fun, celebratory song, we see the showgirl burst to life. Exquisite and Hannah also connect the song to "Blank Space" and "The Albatross." She takes us to Cleveland! and we love it here!
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We had A LOT to say about the "Patient Zero," the first of four tracks on Taylor Swift's "The Encore." We see Taylor baring her soul, not just to the audience, but to another woman who is in the same predicament she was once in. We go through the song, line by line, seeing how ill the singer was but also how she's willing to help the woman who is now in her shoes. The, for the last third of the episode, we delve into the Patient Zero music video and how it gives us even more insight into the song.

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P.S. If you're watching on video, the first few seconds are not synced properly with the sound (sorry!) but it should clear up pretty quick!!
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